Workers' Compensation News

In a new article, the author, a law student, tries to predict how South Carolina courts would rule when a platform intermediary worker alleges, in some employment law context (like workers’ compensation), that he or she is an employee.
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Judges have thus far been somewhat split on whether vocational evidence is even admissible in injuries that occurred after Jan. 1, 2013, given the changes in the law reflected in Labor Code 4660.1.
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That utilization review physicians do not owe a duty of care to injured workers can reasonably be deduced from the recent California Supreme Court decision that trashed Kirk King's tort claim over an in...Read More

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A New York firefighter has been arrested for alleged workers' comp fraud on both ends: He was found to be working while collecting benefits, and he failed to provide comp insurance for his own company's employees, authorities said.
Raphael Ziegler, 41, of Monsey, New York, a volunteer firefighter and former fire inspector, is charged with ...
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The appointment of two new Supreme Court justices and a third to come has given new hope to insurers and employers that Florida lawmakers will revisit the idea of limits on attorney fees in workers' compensation cases.
Newly elected Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed the justices this week after three former Supreme Court judges h...
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